Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Program Spotlight

Facilitator Training Program

De Anza'saward-winningFacilitator Training Programprovides hands-on training in planning, managing and leadership skills to maximize
the effectiveness of meetings, conferences and other group events. Learn more about
our fun and engagingstudent facilitator training program!

Mission and Goals

Our Mission

The ways in which we communicate contribute significantly to the quality of our lives.
Our Speech Communication Department faculty seek to create a stimulating and supportive
learning environment and to meet the diverse and changing needs of our students, our
department, and the college. We are here to help students gain greater knowledge and
skill in Communication Studies as a means to developing their own potential. In our
classrooms we celebrate our students diverse cultures, traditions, perspectives, voices,
and goals. We are constantly updating our courses, exploring new ideas, and sharing
information to foster our own professional growth and to provide the best possible
opportunities to our students.

Our Goals

Value every student as an individual with his/her needs, goals and learning styles.

Challenge our students with a spirit of inquiry, discovery, dialog and reflection.

Create an environment where diverse cultures, abilities, and needs are respected and
where differences offer productive opportunities for learning and personal fulfillment.

Develop a dynamic curriculum that reflects both traditional and emerging schools of
thought in our discipline.

Provide every student with opportunities to simultaneously acquire knowledge and develop
skill through practice.

Help students become critical and independent thinkers and problem solvers by providing
opportunities to work in self-regulated teams in order to develop small group collaboration
skills, listening, deliberation, conflict management, argumentation, problem solving,
and decision-making.

Remain faithful to our task of promoting personal integrity.

Provide opportunities for students to successfully use technology for research and
developing presentations.

Prepare students to use effective communication skills in their personal and professional
lives.